China is ranked 49 out of 51 in the overall index. At the pillar level, its scores are summarised as follows:

Indicator Score Rank
Sustainable Connectivity 37.77 49
Connectivity 28.24 46
Sustainability 47.30 47
Physical 33.67 32
Economic and Financial (Con) 1.74 51
Political 54.51 30
Institutional 47.90 46
People to People 3.38 50
Environmental 43.87 44
Social 32.55 43
Economic and Financial (Sus) 65.48 9

At the indicator level, the main strengths of China, as its top five highest ranking indicators, are as follows:

Name Rank Value
Signatory of TIR Convention 1 1.00
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 1 21.20
Embassies network 1 100.00
GDP per capita growth 3 6.30
R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP 14 2.07

In terms of rankings, the weakest five indicators are the following:

Name Rank Value
Personal remittances (received and paid) 50 26.60
Visa-free or visa-on-arrival 50 11.00
Tertiary graduates 50 3.58
Migrant stock 51 4.31
Freedom of the press 51 87.00